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<p>Funeral services will be held Saturday for a Wanamie native who was killed during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.</p><p><a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/705919/after-nearly-77-years-seaman-lost-at-pearl-harbor-to-be-buried-in-wanamie" target="_blank">Navy Seaman 1st Class Edward F. Slapikas, 26, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The attack prompted America&#8217;s entry into World War </a><a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/705919/after-nearly-77-years-seaman-lost-at-pearl-harbor-to-be-buried-in-wanamie" target="_blank">II</a>.</p><p>The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Slapikas.</p><p>His remains were finally identified through DNA testing last year.</p><p>The seaman&#8217;s only known survivors are his niece, Leona Hotko, of Kingston, and nephew Frank Slapikas and his wife, Barbara, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. They are expected to attend Saturday&#8217;s services.</p><p>A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy Spirit Parish, 31 S. Market St., Glen Lyon, with the Rev. Louis Kaminski officiating. Interment and full military services will follow in St. Mary&#8217;s Cemetery, Wanamie.</p><p>A full obituary for Seaman Slapikas appears on Page 4A of today&#8217;s edition.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Roger DuPuis</p><p>rdupuis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Saturday services set for Wanamie seaman killed at Pearl Harbor